Guyana News

The police are still looking for the prime suspect in the murder of Bert Whyte and the case file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecu-tions (DPP) for advice on the way forward, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

Justice Franklyn Holder yesterday ruled to allow the statement under caution made to police by murder accused Sherwin Barnwell.

The 12-year-old rape victim, who gave birth to a healthy baby via Caesarean Section at the Georgetown Hospital two weeks ago, has been discharged from the institution and is in the care of relatives.

The 16-year-old North West District girl, who was badly chopped by her lover at Big Creek Backdam, is said to be steadily improving at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s High Dependency Unit (HDU), where she remains a patient.

(Barbados Nation) A mountain of debt is hanging over Barbados and some of its Caribbean neighbours, sapping government revenues and retarding economic and social expansion.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) this morning handed down a ruling giving representatives of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) more time to appeal a decision by Chief Justice Ian Chang to throw out their application challenging the establishment of an Interim Management Committee (IMC) to run the affairs of cricket in Guyana.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron accidentally left his daughter behind in a country pub after a Sunday lunch with friends following a mix-up over which car she was meant to be going home in, his Downing Street office said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) United Nations’ resident co-ordinator Marcia de Castro says T&T has a lot to be proud of after 50 years of independence but a lot of the strides the country has made can be lost if crime is not addressed.

(Trinidad Guardian) Roman Catholic (RC) Archbishop Joseph Harris is calling on citizens to resist moves to accept homosexuality.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Deputy Commissioner of Police Glenmore Hinds yesterday said three-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt will be criminally charged if investigations suggest that he is at fault following yesterday’s motor vehicle accident in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Frightened by the sudden and unexplained disappearance of her 39-year-old daughter, Marlene Coudray, the Mayor of San Fernando, in Trinidad, is expected to arrive in Jamaica today, to join in the search for her missing child, Michelle Coudray.

(Barbados Nation) The lawyer representing insolvent airline REDjet was up to last night fighting a court injunction granted to one of its creditors, Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) Inc.,

BIRMINGHAM, England,  CMC – The third and final Test between England and West Indies finished in a no decision after rain forced the abandonment of the final day at Edgbaston here today.

BIRMINGHAM, England,  CMC – Wicketkeeper/batsman Denesh Ramdin has been slapped with a fine by the International Cricket Council for his controversial jibe at Sir Vivian Richards while celebrating his century on yesterday’s penultimate day of the final Test against England.

(Barbados Nation) LIAT’s Management wishes to inform the general public of the destruction by fire of one of its hangars, two office block buildings and an aircraft.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Spain’s Rafa Nadal beat Serbia’s Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5 to win a record seventh French Open title today.

(Trinidad Express) Seventy Cuban doctors and nurses were last Friday each granted two-year contracts for employment in the public health sector, as the Ministry of Health seeks to address the shortage of doctors and nurses in this country.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson is being investigated for several hit-and-run car crashes in Southern California on Saturday that police say appear to have been caused by the Obama administration official.

(Trinidad Express) More than TT$127 million of taxpayers’ money has been lost following the sale of four water taxis that were purchased under the People’s National Movement (PNM) administration—including the controversial MV Su that was never used.

The board of the National Communications Network (NCN) has launched an investigation into suspected financial irregularities at the network and the company’s programme manager, Martin Goolsarran has been sent on administrative leave in relation to a $3.9M cheque made payable to him by a major advertiser.